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SAMPLE INFO : Y-131
Sample ID:Y-131
Station ID:Y-131
Latitude:58.6113
Longitude:-154.0245
Datum:NAD83
Date Sampled:2000-00-00
Sample Type 1:Pyroclastic Flow
 Text Description:
Kaguyak Ignimbrite. Sandy, very fines-poor ignimbrite with several PCZ's. May be slightly syneruptive slope-modified. Overlies lithic-rich fall; orange-brown ferrocreted slabs of ignimbrite 10-40 cm thick suggest primary (fumarolically altered) ignimbrite top is partly preserved here. Estimated thickness 7 m. PCZs, yes. Pumice clasts: white pumice with large pxn-clot blebs.

References:
Kaguyak dome field and its Holocene caldera, Alaska Peninsula

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